India, Nov. 26 -- The charm of special or "fancy" registration numbers for vehicles hit a new high in Haryana this week as HR-88-B-8888 saw the bid going up to Rs.1.17 crore.

The bidder, who has only been identified by his name Sudhir Kumar, paid Rs.10,000 required to participate in the process, and has until next week to deposit the bid amount, HT has learnt. Only after that, will the number be considered sold. Some reports said this is the highest bid ever for a fancy number in India, but that could not be independently verified.

As per process, Haryana holds online auctions for fancy numbers weekly, and bidding closes at 5 pm, Wednesday, on the portal fancy.parivahan.gov.in.

The number HR-88-B-8888 received the highest number of app...